Here is your weekly round-up of processing news. Next week’s round-up will focus on Shelf Life news. To submit an item for inclusion, please contact Carly Wood at [email protected].

• Meurens Natural, which processes cereals and dried fruits into organic and natural ingredients for the agri-food sector, has invested €15 million ($17.6m) in opening a second production plant in Belgium.
• Potato chip company Burts Chips has increased capacity at its Plymouth, UK production site by 20% with the installation of a new high-speed potato frying line.
• In response to feedback from food processors, manufacturers and packers, Loma Systems has launched version two of its Tracs (trending-reporting-analysis-capture-software) in conjunction with AutoCoding Systems.
• Tetra Pak has launched an ice cream extrusion line for medium-capacity food producers.
• The PFF Packaging Group has invested £1.5 million in new injection moulding (IM) technology – a move it says will significantly strengthen its position in the sector and extend its food packaging offering.
• Dairy co-operative LacPatrick has unveiled a new operation in Northern Ireland that will allow it to process milk on both sides of the Irish border, specifically for the growing number of customers in the UK.